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Full Tilt Poker Servers Arrive at the Isle of Man

September 24, 2012 at 5:51 PM |

PokerStars transported Full Tilt Poker's holdings with a military plane to their main base at the Isle of Man.

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PAF Sponsors La Liga

September 19, 2012 at 7:13 PM |

Our newest partner, the Finnish gambling company PAF entered a sponsorship agreement with the Spanish football league, La Liga.

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PartyPoker Launches New Software in 2013

September 5, 2012 at 4:59 PM |

Bwin.Party promises significant improvements in its poker operations, including a new software and design, coming early 2013.

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PokerStars Introduces Web-Based Cashier

September 1, 2012 at 4:07 PM |

The web-based cashier is launched by PokerStars for mobile players of the Spanish and European clients.

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Play the MyBet Poker $1,000 Added Summer Fever Tournaments for Free

August 28, 2012 at 2:49 PM |

MyBet Poker offers two tickets to Rakerace.com players for its $1,000 Added Summer Fever tournaments.

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Everest Poker Joins the iPoker Network

August 25, 2012 at 5:21 PM |

As Everest Poker's global and French traffic decreased gradually in the past few months, the company decided to give up their indepedence and join the largest poker network, the iPoker Network.

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Run it Twice Comes to PokerStars

August 23, 2012 at 7:11 PM |

PokerStars is planning on introducing a “run it twice” option. The feature that would reduce all-in variance may become available for testing in the TestPokerStars client in August.

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PartyPoker's FastForward already at Real Money Tables

August 13, 2012 at 5:22 PM |

PartyPoker's highly anticipated fast-fold format is here; FastForward, "the turbo-charged way to play cash games" is released to real money tables.

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New Milestone at PokerStars - 85 Billion Celebration

August 11, 2012 at 6:03 PM |

PokerStars' Road To 100 Billion promotion continues, the poker room will soon arrive at the 85 billionth milestone hand. $1 million is at stake once again.

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Fast Poker Finally Coming to PartyPoker - Fast Forward

August 10, 2012 at 1:31 PM |

PartyPoker, the 3rd biggest online poker network finally decided to release an ever so popular fast poker format. They call it Fast Forward, and the beta testing is underway, they plan to release it in the following weeks.

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RedKings Poker Releases Poker Client for Android Devices

August 9, 2012 at 1:38 PM |

RedKings Poker released its Android client that will allow poker players to play for fun and for real money on their Android devices. RedKings also hopes to release a mobile app for iOS in the next few weeks.

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Overwhelming PokerStars Dominance – Rivals in Trouble?

August 8, 2012 at 9:15 PM |

PokerStars currently has a 42% share of the online poker market and could be in for an even more devastating edge with the FTP acquisition.

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Full Tilt Poker Payday - Pros Expecting Millions Back

August 5, 2012 at 8:55 PM |

The relaunch of Full Tilt Poker is very good news for all players, but there are several pros who expect millions of dollars eagerly.

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PKR Introduces Social Features in Latest Update

July 23, 2012 at 2:46 PM |

PKR Poker has always been famous for creating a poker atmosphere unlike anything you can encounter in any other online room. Now they topped even that, integrating the all popular social features in their real money game environment.

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German Players Moved to PokerStars.eu

July 21, 2012 at 6:20 PM |

Effective 19 July, 2012, poker players from Germany are migrated to the PokerStars.eu client, maintaining full access to the .com player pool.

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PartyPoker Removes High Stakes Tables

July 18, 2012 at 3:34 PM |

PartyPoker decided to remove their cash game tables higher than $5/10 No Limit and 30/60 in case of Fixed Limit games. They reason that the decision was made in order to make improvements to their poker ecology.

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InterPoker Pokerlympics and €4,000 InterTwined Race

July 10, 2012 at 8:01 PM |

In July, two extraordinary central promotions are offered at InterPoker. In the Pokerlympics tournaments, you have to achieve a total top finish, while in the InterTwined races you want to aim at the very top rankings.

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5050 Poker Ltd Under Liquidation, Players to be Refunded 15% of their Money

July 7, 2012 at 1:06 PM |

5050 Poker Holding AB has officially announced that they are able to refund only 15% of their players’ money frozen on their room accounts. The Holding claims to have been cheated by their subsidiary company 5050 Poker Ltd.

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Muchos Poker Exclusive €200 Profits Race – 9-22 July

July 6, 2012 at 5:13 PM |

Muchos Poker now offers something never seen before here at Rakerace.com. You can now show off your talent and prove that you are the best! Win as much as you can and claim the first prize! The race leaderboard will be determined on the basis of acquired profit.

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Ray Bitar Surrenders Himself to FBI, PokerStars to Buy FTP

July 3, 2012 at 1:21 PM |

Full Tilt Poker CEO Ray Bitar has turned himself over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), as part of a deal soon to be concluded with PokerStars.

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5050Poker Suspended by LGA - Financial Problems Surface

June 29, 2012 at 7:57 PM |

The license of 5050Poker has been suspended by The Lotteries and Gaming Authority of Malta (LGA) recently, and has set up a procedure, following which players might be able to cash their bankrolls out of 5050Poker.

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iPoker Network Liquidity Split Confirmed

June 22, 2012 at 3:02 PM |

The iPoker network has officially confirmed the &bdquo;division of its liquidity into two distinct tiers,” CalvinAyre.com reports. Skins will be referred to the top or bottom tier, based on room performance.

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Purple Lounge Put into Liquidation, Player Funds Gone?

June 1, 2012 at 2:29 PM |

Following a review conducted by the new leadership, it has been revealed that the financial position of Purple Lounge is no longer tenable. The staff of the poker room has been made redundant and Media Corp. seeks a solution to the compensation of players.

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Zoom Poker - Official Start and Android Introduction

May 16, 2012 at 6:58 PM |

The four-month test period for Zoom Poker has ended. PokerStars has also announced that the fast tables are now also available for Android.

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Devilfish Welcomes Purple Lounge Players?

May 7, 2012 at 5:53 PM |

On Saturday last week, Devilfish Poker sent out a blank email to its registered users that said "Devilfish Welcomes Purple Lounge Players" in its subject. This could mean that Devilfish Poker will take the players of Purple Lounge, the recently suspended Entraction poker room over, and facilitate payouts.

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Laurent Tapie to Start New Room with Pocket Kings Employees?

May 3, 2012 at 8:29 PM |

Diamond Flush Poker has released an e-mail by Laurent Tapie, offering a new job to the key employees of Pocket Kings. The offer has most likely gone unaccepted, but no more details have as yet been confirmed.

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Troubles at Purple Lounge

April 30, 2012 at 10:48 PM |

Purple Lounge, located in the United kingdom, has suspended its operations.

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The Groupe Bernard Tapie Payback Plan

April 25, 2012 at 6:20 PM |

As we reported yesterday, news surfaced that the GBT would, after all, not purchase Full Tilt Poker assets. The DoJ and GBT have terminated their agreement.

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Astonishing Twist in the FTP Story - PokerStars Buys Full Tilt?

April 24, 2012 at 8:42 PM |

A 2+2 thread concerning the acquisition of Full Tilt Poker by PokerStars is turning the poker world upside down. Whether the news is real still remains a question.

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Rakerace.com SCOOP Madness - Win SCOOP Tickets for $1

April 19, 2012 at 7:30 PM |

Rakerace.com offers a great opportunity to players who register to PokerStars via our site. In addition to the prize pool for the $1 tournaments, PokerStars grants you 32 SCOOP tickets worth $2,000 in total.